物

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 牜 + phonetic 勿

Han character

物 (radical 93 牛+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心竹竹 (HQPHH), four-corner 2752₀, composition ⿰牜勿)

1. thing, substance, creature

Derived characters

• 惣

References

• KangXi: page 699, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19959
• Dae Jaweon: page 1111, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1805, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7269

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): vu̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): mi̍h / mn̍gh / mih / bu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /vut̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi̍h / mn̍gh / mih / bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: mi̍h / mn̍gh / mih / bu̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /miʔ⁴/, /mŋ̍ʔ⁴⁴/, /miʔ³²/, /but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /miʔ¹²¹/, /mŋ̍ʔ³⁴/, /miʔ³²/, /but̚¹²¹/
  • Note: mi̍h/mn̍gh/mih - vernacular, bu̍t - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (物, reconstructed)
Character (物), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 物 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 文弗切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɨut̚/	/mi̯uət̚/	/miuət̚/	/miut̚/	/mut̚/	/mĭuət̚/	/miuət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (物, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
物								wù								‹ mjut ›								/*C.mut/								thing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
物					13218					勿					物					1					物					/*mɯd/

Noun

物

1. thing, matter

Compounds

• 动物 (animal)
• 物以类聚 (物以類聚)
• 物產

• 嚙齒目動物
• 寵物
• 文物 (cultural relic)

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) もの​ [mònó] (Odaka - [o])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞]

Kanji

物

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぶつ (butsu), もつ (motsu)
• Kun: もの (mono)

Compounds

好物 (こうぶつ) (kōbutsu): favorite food 本物 (ほんもの) (honmono): real 物語 (ものがたり) (monogatari): tale, story

食 (た)べ物 (もの) (tabemono): food 着物 (きもの) (kimono): kimono 動物 (どうぶつ) (dōbutsu): animal

果物 (くだもの) (kudamono): fruit 見物 (けんぶつ) (kenbutsu): sightseeing 贋物 (がんぶつ, ganbutsu)

Noun

物 (hiragana もの, romaji mono)

1. thing

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Korean

Hanja

物 (mul)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 물 (revised: mul, McCune-Reischauer: mul, Yale: mul)

• Name (hangeul): 물건 (revised: mulgeon, McCune-Reischauer: mulgŏn, Yale: mwulken)

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Vietnamese

Han character

物 (vật)

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